Voluntary Agencies in the Welfare State

The rise of the welfare state threatens the autonomy and survival of nonprofit voluntary agencies as providers of social services. Or does it? In this cross-national, empirical study of the workings of voluntary agencies, Ralph M. Kramer cuts through the conceptual confusion surrounding voluntaris...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kramer, Ralph M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2020]
Temas:
Social service.
Social policy.
Voluntarism.
Welfare state.
Service social.
État providence.
Social policy
Social service
Voluntarism
Welfare state
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Foreword by Harold L. Wilensky
  • Preface
  • Acronyms and Foreign Words
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Four National Studies: The Sociopolitical Context
  • 1. The Netherlands: The Primacy of Private Initiative
  • 2. England: Statutory Supplementer
  • 3. The United States: A Mixed Economy
  • 4. Israel: The Close Partnership
  • PART II. Internal Factors: How Voluntary Agencies Are Constituted and Maintained
  • 5. Organizational Structure
  • 6. Governance Systems
  • 7. Fiscal Resource Systems
  • 8. The Use of Governmental Funds
  • PART III. Patterns of Organizational Behavior: How Voluntary Agencies Perform Their Roles
  • 9. The Vanguard Role or Service Pioneer
  • 10. The Value Guardian Role and Volunteerism
  • 11. The Improver Role and Advocacy
  • 12. The Service Provider Role
  • PART IV. Conclusions
  • 13. The Distinctive Competence and Vulnerability of the Voluntary Agency
  • 14. Alternative Futures for Voluntary Organizations in the Welfare State
  • Appendix: Voluntary Agencies Included in the Sample
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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